Tallahassee Natives Lead FSU to 8-4 Win vs. Western Carolina

TALLAHASSEE?- It was another successful day for Florida State (5-0) Saturday as they clinched the series against Western Carolina (3-3) with a final score of 8-4 at Dick Howser Stadium. Sophomore Drew Faurot carried his momentum from Friday, going 3-for-3 with two doubles and his first career triple, scoring three runs. Fellow Tallahassee native Jaxson West earned the start at catcher and was 3-for-4, a home run shy of the cycle and also hit his first career triple.

Starting pitcher Jamie Arnold had a career afternoon after pitching 6.0 innings and striking out 11 hitters, both career bests. His previous career high in innings pitched was 5.1 last season while his previous career high for strikeouts was nine. Hudson Rowan entered the game and pitched 1.1 innings, Joe Charles pitched 0.1 innings in his first appearance after an injury in 2023 and Brennen Oxford closed out the game in the ninth inning. Florida State struck out 18 batters Saturday after leading the country entering the weekend with 17.2 strikeouts per nine innings.

FSU led 8-0 before the Catamounts halved the lead with four runs in the eighth inning. Western Carolina threatened again in the ninth when the first two batters reached, but Oxford struck out the next three batters to preserve the victory and earn his second career save.

SCORING SUMMARY:

B3 | WCU 0, FSU 1           Ross sacrifice bunt, Faurot scored
B5 | WCU 0, FSU 2           West tripled, Faurot scored
B5 | WCU 0, FSU 3           Ross sacrifice fly, West scored
B6 | WCU 0, FSU 4           Lodise sacrifice bunt, Ferrer scored
B6 | WCU 0, FSU 5           Cantu double, Dinges scored
B6 | WCU 0, FSU 6           Faurot doubled, Cantu scored
B6 | WCU 0, FSU 7           West doubled, Faurot scored
B7 | WCU 0, FSU 8           Dinges sacrifice fly, Tibbs scored
T8 | WCU 2, FSU 8            Turner home run, Holton scored
T8 | WCU 3, FSU 8            Smith walked, Raleigh scored
T8 | WCU 4, FSU 8            Stocum scored on a passed ball

OF NOTE:

Tallahassee natives Drew Faurot and Jaxson West both hit the first triples of their careers. Faurot has five extra-base hits in the first two games against the Catamounts.
DeAmez Ross had two RBI – on a sacrifice bunt and a sacrifice fly. Marco Dinges hit his team-best third sacrifice fly of the season.
Starting pitcher Jamie Arnold set a career-high with 11 strikeouts. His previous high was nine last week against Butler. Arnold's 6.0 innings pitched were also a career-best.
Cam Smith extended his hitting streak to nine games, a career high.
All nine starters for the Seminoles had at least one hit.
Brennen Oxford's save was the second of his career and FSU's first of the season.

UP NEXT:
Game three between the Seminoles and Catamounts is Sunday at 1:00 p.m. FSU will throw RHP Yoel Tejeda Jr. in his first start at Florida State.

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Tallahassee Natives Lead FSU to 8-4 Win vs. Western Carolina

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Team Stats

Drew Faurot

Jaxson West

DeAmez Ross

Jaime Ferrer

Players Mentioned

Jamie Arnold

Joe Charles

Marco Dinges

Drew Faurot

Brennen Oxford

DeAmez Ross

Hudson Rowan

Cam Smith

Yoel Tejeda Jr.

Jaxson West

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